Richard Brown or Browne may refer to:

• Richard Browne (fl 1614–1629), English composer and organist
• Richard Browne (c.1630–1664), English composer and organist
• Richard Browne (d. 1710), English composer and organist
• Richard "Rabbit" Brown (1880–1937), early US blues musician and composer
• Richard Shaw Brown (born 1947), lead singer of The Misunderstood
• Rich Brown (blues musician), American blues musician and singer
• Richard Browne (painter) (1776–1824), early Australian convict artist and illustrator
• Richard Brown (producer), Scottish television producer
• Richard Brown, British musician, original drummer for the new wave-post-punk band Modern English

• Richard Brown (cricketer) (1811–?), English cricketer and clergyman
• Richard Brown (footballer) (born 1967), retired English footballer
• Richard Brown (rugby union) (born 1984), Australian rugby union footballer
• Richard Brown (linebacker) (born 1965), former American football linebacker
• Richard Brown (center) (1907–1990), played for Portsmouth Spartans
• Ricky Brown (born 1983), American football player
• Ricky Brown (tennis) (born 1967), retired American tennis player
• Richard Browne (hurler) (born 1962), retired Irish sportsman
• Richard Browne (athletics) (born 1991), USA sprint runner and high jumper
• Ricky Browne (born 1950), Australian rules footballer for Geelong
• Richard Browne (footballer) (born 1946), Australian rules footballer for Hawthorn
• Stub Brown (Richard P. Brown, 1870–1948), pitcher in Major League Baseball
• Cam Brown (ice hockey) (Richard Cameron Brown, born 1969), retired ice hockey left winger

• Richard Brown (Canadian politician) (born 1956), Canadian politician in Prince Edward Island
• Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet, of Deptford (c. 1605–1682/83), English ambassador to the court of France
• Sir Richard Browne, 1st Baronet, of London (c. 1610–1669), Major-General in the English Parliamentary army; Lord Mayor of London
• Richard C. Brown (1939–2004), United States Ambassador to Uruguay, 1990–1993
• Richard Browne (died 1604) (c. 1538–1604), MP for Lichfield, Newton (Isle of Wight), Cirencester and Harwich
• Richard Browne (Sussex MP) (died 1614?), MP for Steyning, Arundel, Lewes, Gatton and Midhurst
• Richard Lewis Brown (1854–1948), builder and state politician in Florida
• Dick Brown (politician) (1887–1971), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Richard Brown (Ohio politician), member of the Ohio House of Representatives
• Richard Brown (lawyer) (1932–2019), American attorney and politician from the state of New York
• Rich Brown (Michigan politician) (born 1956), member of the Michigan House of Representatives
• Richard Brown (Missouri politician), member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• Richard Brown (New Hampshire politician), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

• Richard Brown (captain) (1753–1833), shipmaster and friend of Robert Burns
• Richard Brown (journalist) (born c. 1952), Canadian television journalist
• Richard Brown (professor) (c. 1712–1780?), academic at the University of Oxford
• Richard Brown (transport executive) (born 1953), British chief transport executive & chairman of Eurostar
• Richard D. Brown (born 1939), American historian and professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut
• Richard Hart Brown (1941–2005), Intraoperative Neurological Monitoring founder and amusement ride safety expert
• Richard S. Brown (born 1946), chief judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Richard Browne (physician), English physician
• Sir Richard Browne, 2nd Baronet (before 1634–1684), barrister
• Richard H. Brown, American businessman and CEO
• Richard Brown, openSUSE Chairman

• Rick Brown (disambiguation)
• Dick Brown (disambiguation)
• Richard Broun (disambiguation)
• Brown (surname)